The rules, which are expected to be implemented over the next fortnight, will be similar to existing rules requiring aged care workers to get flu vaccinations before taking on jobs in nursing homes.

Day one of the coronial inquest into Senior Constable Brett Forte’s death highlighted his killer’s spiralling mental state and police failures.

An LNP source says the executive team voted unanimously to block Andrew Laming’s preselection.

The week in photos from the award winning Sydney Morning Herald and Financial review photographers.

TV journalist Stephen Barrett is facing charges for his alleged role in a blackmail plot against the Plutus Payroll fraud ringleaders.

NSW Health has said new advice regarding use of the AstraZeneca vaccine in people under 50 will cause “significant challenges” for the Australian rollout.

A man who tested positive to COVID-19 has been taken off a ship currently in Commonwealth waters in northern Western Australia and will be moved to a Perth hospital.

Six teenagers, one as young as 13, have been charged with multiple offences after three high-end cars were stolen on the Gold Coast over the weekend.

A former Liberal councillor said she felt sustained pressure from Drummoyne MP John Sidoti to vote in favour of a rezoning decision that would benefit his family interests.

Plans to build a viaduct to carry Melbourne’s airport rail link within metres of a historic flour mill have alarmed developers and a leading heritage lobby group. 

A Brisbane-based firm has won approval from European regulators to sell its 15-minute COVID-19 rapid test.

The $40 billion a year international education sector has warned it cannot afford to lose a third academic year before international students return to Australia.

A man who ignored a friend’s warning not to drive after several hours of drinking and then hit and killed a pedestrian has been jailed for four years.

One driver was recorded by PolAir doing 200km/hr, while another was charged for possessing fireworks that were allegedly fired at the police helicopter.

Christian Democratic Party founder Reverend Fred Nile will retire from NSW Parliament this year and former Australian Christian Lobby boss Lyle Shelton is slated to replace him.

An electric bus powered with 100 per cent solar energy carried its first regular passengers on Monday as it entered service in TransLink’s fleet.

Next World offers VR training modules, which is exactly what the US is calling for as it ramps up its Build It Back Better program.

The strong forecasts are driven by a 5 per cent increase in prices recorded over the first three months of the year.

New Zealand has implemented a temporary travel ban on arrivals from India until April 28 in light of rising cases acquired in India.

Kevin Hynes believes he is the only living person to have seen a pilot crash a wartime-era plane into Victoria’s biggest inland lake decades ago.

Day one revealed expert evidence was likely required on whether WA’s casino regulation legislation, enacted in the mid-1980s, remains fit for purpose.

Parts of the south-east will be in for another cold morning on Tuesday, however temperatures are expected to rise towards the end of the week.

A severe weather warning for the south-east of WA has been cancelled as the remnants of tropical cyclone Seroja passes by Esperance.

A new police investigation is the third into Australia’s most decorated living soldier and will look into whether he was involved in a conspiracy to silence witnesses.

Grace Bros placed the groovy green velvet bellbottom pantsuit from Zampatti’s first collection in its city store front window.

A two-week coronial inquest will delve into the deaths of Queensland Senior Constable Brett Forte and his killer, Ricky Charles Maddison.

The man was in a Capalaba home refusing to get out for several hours while police tried to negotiate with him.

The 300-metre stretch of walkway finally opens the way for the public to follow the foreshore for 11 kilometres from Woolloomooloo to the Anzac Bridge.

Police are urging anyone with information to contact police after a racist and neo-Nazi banner and graffiti were found in Brisbane’s south.

A Melbourne health company that planned to list on the Australian stock exchange and expand into China with the help of former Liberal trade minister Andrew Robb has collapsed owing more than $11 million to creditors.

A four-day trial was expected to start in the Federal Court on Monday, with Dr Hewson’s lawyers to argue the broadcast made six defamatory claims.

The NSW Police Deputy Commissioner denied a travel request from sex crimes detectives to obtain a formal statement from Christian Porter’s accuser in Adelaide.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has called for a greater urgency on the rollout to avoid being left behind the rest of the world.

Up to half the homes in the WA coastal town of Kalbarri have been damaged by Tropical Cyclone Seroja which made landfall as a category three system on Sunday night.

The Victorian government could pause administering the AstraZeneca vaccine to people aged under 50 for more than two weeks.

The woman had attended a bachelorette party in Byron Bay last month that led to 13 COVID-19 cases, including the male entertainer.

Christian Democratic Party founder Reverend Fred Nile has announced he will retire in November after close to 40 years in politics, having first been elected to NSW Parliament in 1981.

Shallow, manipulative snake-oil salesman or “horribly admirable” builder of Australia’s version of ESPN? Meet Craig Hutchison, the university dropout turned journalist who isn’t playing games.

Travellers across Australia and New Zealand have been given the green light to visit Victoria after COVID-19 hotspots in Queensland and northern NSW were recategorised under Victoria’s ‘traffic light’ travel permit system.

The SES estimates more than half the homes in Kalbarri which bore the brunt of the category three system, have been damaged as crews rush to assess the damage at first light.

The Perth Casino Royal Commission must ask some difficult questions of Crown that go beyond the company’s corporate figureheads as it kicks off today.

The Bureau of Meteorology said a station near the Pineapple Hotel in Brisbane recorded 13.2 degrees on Monday morning.

Nine News Perth reporter Darius Winterfield said his crew was barricaded at the back of his apartment as they were worried the glass doors of the balcony would smash in the cyclonic winds.

More autumn snow is predicted across Victoria’s alpine areas on Monday after falls of up to 40cm were recorded at Mount Baw Baw and Mount Buller over the weekend.

Police are asking anyone with information to come forward after the man died in Mooloolaman.

A man has died after being hit by a car in Petersham while traffic is expected to build around the Hume Highway, Yagoona after a critical pedestrian crash.

I long for the conversations I used to have which allowed nuance, laughter and the varied timbre of the human voice.

Blood clots linked to the pill are a significant side effect that women are expected to live with.

Detailed inspections found corrosion in five of the six ferries which have been in service on Sydney Harbour for only four years.

Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech echoed around the world, striking a positive blow for women’s long struggle against verbal and physical sexual predation, and for equality.